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Originally Posted by Cudda84 I think the bail is a portion of the bond. |
Actually bail/bond is just the amount of money/property required by the court from an accused person in order to be released from custody. Supposedly to insure their appearence in court. Basically it is the same thing, but people also use the term bond to refer more specifically to a type of surety. You go to a bondsman and pay them usually like 10% and they issue the court a surety in the amount of your total bail and act as an insurer to make sure you are there.
Sometimes a court will only let a certain percent of bail be posted by a bondsman, is that what you were meaning?